The team is a joint venture headed by four architecture firms (Freelon Group, Adjaye Associates, Davis Brody Bond Aedas and Smith Group). Faithful+Gould will provide cost management services to this important national project.

Image courtesy of Freelon Adjaye Bond / SmithGroup

The new museum will be a part of the Smithsonian Institution, home to 19 museums, 9 research centres and the National Zoo, making it the world's largest museum complex and research organization.

Image courtesy of Freelon Adjaye Bond / SmithGroup

Covering 313,000 feet2 and sited at the National Mall, the NMAAHC will use African American culture as a way to help all Americans see how their stories, histories and cultures are influenced by international considerations, and how this ultimately shapes American history.

For further information on this project, please contact Alan Wilson in our Washington, DC office.